My infant son seems to have seen some relief from his reflux from infant probiotics, although his do not contain l. reuteri. From the research I've done, the flora of a breastfed baby's gut is primarily made up of bifidus infantis, obtained during birth from the mother. The flora of a formula-fed baby is more similar to that of an adults. I've also eliminated dairy and am trying an elimination diet to determine if there are other foods that exacerbate his reflux. While I really appreciate Dr. Mercola sharing this information I take issue with his comments regarding the scheduling of feedings and comfort nursing/nursing to sleep. It is a common misconception based on the formula-fed baby that babies should be "held off" to eat and shouldn't be allowed to snack. Breastfed babies digest breast milk much more quickly, within 1 1/2 hrs as compared to the 3 hour average of fromula-fed babies. Breastfed babies are able to regulate milk flow and thus are able to eat when hungry and switch to "non-nutritive" sucking for comfort when full. Strict scheduling can lead to failure-to thrive in an infant, which often leads pediatricians to require supplemental formula feedings (since breastfeeding obviously isn't providing enough nutrition), and often sabotages the breastfeeding relationship. There are occasions where a breastfed baby will overeat, often in an attempt to sooth reflux-related discomfort, however this is relatively uncommon. It's much more likely that a bottle-fed baby will overeat as it is very difficult for a baby to control the flow from a bottle nipple. Incidentally, a baby who is overly hungry will tend to eat rapidly, gulping air and potentially overeat. Paying attention to an infant's hunger cues and feeding "on demand" or on cue is the best way to assure that your baby is getting what the nutrition that is needed when it's needed. Both Dr. Sears website and the breastfeeding website, kellymom.com, have more information about feeding and scheduling your baby. My personal experiences (and those of my friends with infants) are much different than those of the mothers who gave such glowing reports to Dr. Mercola about their scheduled and sleeping angels. Personally, my first son ate about every two hours (when not sleeping), took long and regular naps, and slept for long periods at night. Other friends had babies who apparently didn't need long or frequent naps and no amount of scheduling could change that. Babies are all individuals and it's important to look to the baby to determine their needs, not an idealistic schedule.

Jason, I did take my son to the chiropractor when he was colicky and she did alot of adjustments and told me to hang him upside down by his feet 3 times a day (very gently). This and eliminating dairy seemed to help his discomfort.

OH yes, to be on topic (just getting to know this system and its abundant options!) - I wonder what the correlation between women with hospital births, and need for probiobics is.  Certainly, with about 30% of women having C-births (ceasarian section) and the antibiotic protocols, all those mothers and babys should be on probiotics as a matter of practice.  But
Ayurvedic attentions to dietary combined with massage and appropriate essential oils and heat in the shorter term gives much faster results, indicating more important issues to look at. 

The authors comments about how long it took to get results with probiotics are not encouraging.  As a solution to root cause of colic, we cannot stop there. Our cultural dietary habits of using cold temp milk or combining it with wrong foods (not just every school lunch, but likely Dr. Mercola's way of using it?) are contributing to many symptoms being called lactose intollerance, or blaming milk for the mucuous produced.  This is about milk alone. 
Other foods similarly have their ways of creating weak digestion and colic in babies, from maternal diet.  Even with formula fed babies on best choices such as well researched and reported on this website, and avoiding the soy debacle, wise investigation into the energetics of the formulas used, their food combining, temperature served, and freshness (vs dried, old, frozen etc) play important role in tummy comforts.  I too have seen clients following "all the dietary rules" with colic problems finally resolved with the simple infant chiropractic, craniosaccral and hang baby upside down methods.

Colic takes 2-3 weeks to build up if not structural/birth stress related.  It takes some time to reverse, it is not an overnight thing.  But lets compare notes and put the best of it together.
Ysha